net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl

Class TopicRoleConstraint

java.lang.Object

net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl.AbstractCardinalityConstraint

net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl.AbstractScopedCardinalityConstraint

net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl.AbstractScopedTypedCardinalityConstraint

net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl.TopicRoleConstraint

All Implemented Interfaces:

CardinalityConstraintIF, ConstraintIF, ScopedConstraintIF, TypedConstraintIF

public class TopicRoleConstraint
extends AbstractScopedTypedCardinalityConstraint

INTERNAL: Represents a constraint on the allowed association roles of the instances of a topic class.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Collection	assoctypes
protected TopicConstraintCollection	parent

Fields inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl.AbstractScopedTypedCardinalityConstraint

typespec

Fields inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl.AbstractScopedCardinalityConstraint

scope

Fields inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl.AbstractCardinalityConstraint

maximum, minimum

Fields inherited from interface net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.core.CardinalityConstraintIF

INFINITY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TopicRoleConstraint(TopicConstraintCollection parent) PUBLIC: Creates a new topic role constraint belonging to the given collection.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAssociationType(TypeSpecification typespec) PUBLIC: Adds an allowed association type.
Collection	getAssociationTypes() PUBLIC: Returns the set of allowed types of associations in which this instances of this role may participate.
boolean	matches(TMObjectIF object) PUBLIC: Returns true if the object given is constrained by this constraint.
void	removeAssociationType(TypeSpecification typespec) PUBLIC: Removes an allowed association type.

Methods inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl.AbstractScopedTypedCardinalityConstraint

getTypeSpecification, setTypeSpecification

Methods inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl.AbstractScopedCardinalityConstraint

getScopeSpecification, setScopeSpecification

Methods inherited from class net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.impl.osl.AbstractCardinalityConstraint

getMaximum, getMinimum, setMaximum, setMinimum

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

parent

protected TopicConstraintCollection parent

assoctypes

protected Collection assoctypes

Constructor Detail

TopicRoleConstraint

public TopicRoleConstraint(TopicConstraintCollection parent)

PUBLIC: Creates a new topic role constraint belonging to the given collection.

Method Detail

getAssociationTypes

public Collection getAssociationTypes()

PUBLIC: Returns the set of allowed types of associations in which this instances of this role may participate.

Returns:

A collection of TypeSpecification objects.

removeAssociationType

public void removeAssociationType(TypeSpecification typespec)

PUBLIC: Removes an allowed association type.

addAssociationType

public void addAssociationType(TypeSpecification typespec)

PUBLIC: Adds an allowed association type.

matches

public boolean matches(TMObjectIF object)

Description copied from interface: ConstraintIF

PUBLIC: Returns true if the object given is constrained by this constraint.

Specified by:

matches in interface ConstraintIF

Overrides:

matches in class AbstractScopedTypedCardinalityConstraint